Don't have any specific info, but try this newsgroup. soc.genealogy.west-indies In article <6qf71c$ppa@bl-5.rootsweb.com>, "Karen (London, UK)" <Ms-K-H-Hunte@email.msn.com> wrote: > > Hi there, > > I am a Black Brit wanting to trace my ancestry right back to Africa. I know > that this is ambitious, but I feel it necessary. My parents are settlers > from the Caribbean (Grenada). I would be very grateful, if anyone could tell > me whether or not there is a particular office that maintains records of > colonial data or slavery movements eg. a log book of ships/cargo etc. > > I would also like to know whether there is an office that has a record on > births and marriages. I will need to know this to trace my immediate > ancestry. > > I will be very grateful for 'ANY' comments and/or help. > I am really not sure where to start. > > Yours sincerely, > > Karen. > > -----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==----- http://www.dejanews.com/rg_mkgrp.xp Create Your Own Free Member Forum
>MEMORIAL SET FOR DAVID THACKERY AT THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY >by Loretto Dennis Szucs > >The Newberry Library has announced that a memorial service has >been set for David T. Thackery on Wednesday, August 26, 1998, at >4 PM at the Newberry Library. > >David Thackery, 45, passed away July 17 after suffering a heart >attack while jogging along the Chicago Lakefront, near his home >in Hyde Park. As reported in the "Ancestry Daily News" (July 20), >in his position as curator of local and family history at >Chicago's Newberry, David spent his last years developing one of >the nation's foremost genealogy collections and serving those who >come to the Library to use the collection. > >The Newberry Library, a landmark building of Spanish Romanesque >architecture, on Chicago's near north side, has become a mecca >for scholars, students, and genealogists. Its awesome collection >consists of roughly two million volumes and six million >manuscripts. In general, it is a reference library for history >and the humanities with specialties including the history of >cartography, the American Indian, the history of printing, music, >and the Renaissance. Its treasures are world famous. Over 2,000 >of its books were printed before A.D. 1500. Its European >manuscripts date as early as the ninth century. At a very early >point in the Newberry's history, the library heavily emphasized >the acquisition of local and family history materials. The same >strong emphasis continues to this day. The library is perhaps >best known for this strength and probably sixty percent of its >patrons are genealogical researchers. > >A native of Urbana, Ohio, David Thackery had a life-long passion >for history and libraries. Mary Wyly, associate librarian at the >Newberry, called David "the consummate librarian," adding, "David >understood that everything starts with the collection. He >familiarized himself with it thoroughly. He worked in it >regularly. That's how he taught himself, and that's how he taught >others." She also suggested that "Probably some of his passion >for the library was inherited from his parents, both of whom were >librarians." David's only immediate survivor was his mother, Enid >Thackery, a resident of Ohio. > >David earned a degree from Wittenberg University in Springfield, >Ohio, and two master's degrees from the University of Chicago in >library science and divinity. He joined the Newberry in 1982, and >was made head of the research facility's local and family history >department in 1983. He was buried in Ohio at a private funeral. > >As head of the Local and Family History Department at the >Newberry, David Thackery dramatically expanded the library's >services and collections in that area. In 1988 and 1989, he used >a $62,000 grant from the Lloyd A. Fry Foundation in Chicago to >buy microfilm from the National Archives with the intention of >enhancing the Library's collection of African American family >history sources. In remembering Thackery, Tony Burroughs, >president of Black Roots, said "We will miss David more than I >can imagine. He did more for African American genealogy than any >librarian I know. He took pride in it. He applied for at least >two sizable grants for African American genealogical collections, >hired a special staff person for a year, created a great >bibliography with regular updates, wrote several articles on the >subject, gave many lectures on the subject, peer reviewed books >and articles, and helped individual genealogists." > >According to Newberry president, Charles Cullen, "David was just >hitting his peak and was recognized as a national expert." He >wrote dozens of articles, and was a regular speaker at symposiums >in the Chicago area and at the national level. Dr. Cullen said, >"David took great joy in helping people learn more about their >families." > >David Thackery's photograph was prominent and eye-catching in a >recent "Time" magazine article " Growing Your Family Tree" (Time >- Select, July 13, 1998). The magazine quoted him saying, "You >can spend five years on one line and get nowhere, but when you >get that one name, you may be able to take it back several >generations in a single day." David was referring to a rolled-up >family tree of the descendants of Richard Lippincott, who arrived >on American shores around 1640. In tracing his own family, David >discovered he had Lippincott ancestors on that very same tree. > >David's very popular "Library Sources" column appeared in >Ancestry in 1994 and 1995, and he had recently expressed plans to >return to writing features for the magazine this coming fall. In >addition to the magazine column, David authored the chapter >"Tracking African American Family History" in "The Source: A >Guidebook of American Genealogy" (revised edition, Loretto Dennis >Szucs and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking, Salt Lake City: Ancestry, >1996); and the chapters, "Bibliographies and Catalogs," and >"Military Sources" in "Printed Sources: A Guide to Published >Genealogical Records" (edited by Kory L. Meyerink, Salt Lake >City: Ancestry, 1998). > >David's love of research was in part responsible for his most >recent writing accomplishment. Unfortunately, he didn't live to >see the finished product of his labor - "A Light and Uncertain >Hold: The History of the 66th Ohio Volunteer Infantry" - >scheduled for publication by Kent State University Press in early >1999. It is the meticulously researched story of the Civil War >unit that was raised in David's native Champaign County, Ohio. > >As word of David's death reaches friends and colleagues, their >expressions of sadness are coming together from one end of the >country to the other. Tony Hoskins said of his late friend: "I >worked with David Thackery at the Newberry Library from 1986 to >November 1998. I am now with the Palm Beach County (Florida) >Library System in West Palm Beach. His loss is indeed a great >shock." Nancy Huling, Head, Reference & Research Services, at the >Suzallo and Allen Library, University of Washington, who served >with David on the History Committee of the American Library >Association said, "I was very sorry to learn of David's death. He >was a wonderful person and superb librarian." > >The Newberry Library has set up the David Thackery Memorial Fund, >Newberry Library, 60 West Walton, Chicago, IL 60610. >Contributions will be used for the Local and Family History >Department. > >In tribute to David Thackery, some of his articles and other >writings will be posted on Ancestry.com. In this way, we hope >that many will get to know and benefit from this very >knowledgeable and gentle man. > >His mother's words sum it up eloquently: "The important thing is >that he has left his work. That was his expression of life." > >--------- >Source: Ancestry.com newsletter >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion >- To unsubscribe, email: Majordomo@MsState.Edu >- In body of message: unsubscribe afrigeneas >- >- Afrigeneas archives: http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >
>News Item # 1 - Notice for Washington DC Folks > >A free, 15 week program is being offered to District of Columbia >students between the ages of 10-14 years old. The program is called >"Family Pride- Genealogy for Children." Approximately 35 school >students will be accepted into the program. The program is free and >program participants will incur no expenses. > >Meeting day: Saturday >Meeting time: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. >Meeting place: The Reeve Center > 14th and U Street, NW, Washington, DC > >Program Period: August 8 - October 31, 1998 > >For additional information contact: > >Sylvia Polk-Burriss mailto:spburriss@aol.com >301-598-4696 > >********************************************************************** > >>From the Information Man, Inc. at http://www.informationman.com/ > >mailto:infoman@informationman.com >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion >- To unsubscribe, email: Majordomo@MsState.Edu >- In body of message: unsubscribe afrigeneas >- >- Afrigeneas archives: http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >
[Moderator: Roger perhaps means: <http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ >] Try looking up the Afrigeneas Webpage and/or listserv Roger Ebonesse! wrote: > Hi there, > > I am a Black Brit wanting to trace my ancestry right back to Africa. I know > that this is ambitious, but I feel it necessary. My parents are settlers > from the Caribbean (Grenada). I would be very grateful, if anyone could tell > me whether or not there is a particular office that maintains records of > colonial data or slavery movements eg. a log book of ships/cargo etc. > > I would also like to know whether there is an office that has a record on > births and marriages. I will need to know this to trace my immediate > ancestry. > > I will be very grateful for 'ANY' comments and/or help. > I am really not sure where to start. > > Yours sincerely, > > Karen.
Please look at this list of A-A Gen-Hist Societies, and important contacts. If you wish to make a change please let Michael Emery (memery@aol.com) and I know (SaundraB@email.msn.com). We publish a FAQ for "soc.genealogy.african" newsgroup frequently (http://members.aol.com/memery/faq ). We would like our viewers to be able to contact you. If you have an email address to contact for the society, please let us know whether to change the address or update it. Some of you may want to update your email addresses from the old ones. Your executive slate may have changed. Please give us all we need to keep our readers in contact with you. Sincerely and Genealogically Yours Saundra Brown Nova Scotia, Canada Africville Genealogical Society 2349 Maynard St Halifax Nova Scotia B3K 3T8 Canada Afro News "The Voice of the Black Community" (604) 525-3666 Fax (604) 525-0089 Roger Jones, Co-Editor This newspaper caters to the Black community and is distributed across Canada. The major market is the West Coast, but subscribers from throughout the Diaspora are supported. Black Cultural Centre of Nova Scotia POB 2128 East Dartmouth Nova Scotia B2w 3Y2 Canada (902) 434-6223 (902) 434-2306 fax Ontario, Canada Historical Society of St. Catherines Box 1101 St Catherines, Ontario L2R7A3 Canada Niagra Historical Society Box 208 Niagra on the Lake, Ontario L0S1J0 Canada (416) 468-3912 North American Black Historical Museum 277 King St Amherstburg, Ontario N9V2C7 Canada (519) 736-5433 Ontario Black History Society Ontario Heritage Center 10 Adelaide St Easr, Suite 202 Toronto, Ontario M5C 1J3 Canada Ontario Historical Society (416) 226-9011 Ms. Gwendolyn Robinson, Black Historian (519) 354-4737 Mrs. Helen Smith, Black Historian (905) 934-4175 Toronto Historical Board (416) 392-6827 Joan Crosby, Researcher Uncle Tom's Cabin Historical Site RR#5 Highway 21 Dresden, Ontario N0P1M0 Canada (519) 683-2978 Alabama USA African Ancestored Family Studies PO Box 4250 Anniston AL 36204 Valencia King Nelson, Online Contact, vnelson@tracks.cpxl.com Valencia is also the Founder of Afrigeneas@msstate.edu ; Afrigeneas chat room http://drum.ncat.edu/~carter/chat.html Afrigeneas archives - http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ Slavedata - To View and Download Slavedata ftp://members.aol.com/slavedata/Public/ To Upload Slavedata ftp://members.aol.com/slavedata/Incoming To: E-Mail Slavedata mailto:slavedata@aol.com or mailto:afrigeneas@msstate.edu Black Heritage Council of the Alabama Historical Commission 468 South Perry St Montgomery AL 36130-0900 (334) 242-3184 Alaska USA The Fairbanks Genealogical Society, http://www.ptialaska.net/~fgs/ PO Box 60534 Fairbanks AK 99706 Gigi Lemoine, President Arizona USA AAHGS Tucson 7739 E Broadway #195 Tucson AZ 85710 G.L. Smith, President, trailst@azstarnet.com Arkansas USA Southwest Arkansas Regional Archives PO Box 134 Washington AR 71862 (501) 983-2633 California USA AAHGS-Bay Area Electra Kimble Price, Online Contact, KimbleP@aol.com California African American Genealogical Society PO Box 8442 Los Angeles CA 90008-0442 Ronald Higgins, President Alva Griffith, Recording Secretary, alvagriff@sprintmail.com Marilyn White, Historian, GFS_Marol@aol.com San Diego African American Genealogy Research Group 9026 Three Seasons Rd San Diego CA 92126 Milton Hines, President, FMTW38A@prodigy.com Colorado USA Black American West Museum 7474 East Arkansas Denver CO 80231 (303) 369-8366 Black Genealogical Research Group 4605 E. Kentucky Ave #5F Denver CO 80222 The Black Genealogy Search Group of Denver, CO PO Box 40674 Denver CO 80204-0674 (303) 294-0907 Iris Agard Hawkins, President Online Contact, edghill@juno.com Underground Railroad Newsletter, National Park Service Denver Service Center 12795 West Alameda Pkwy Denver CO 80225-0287 Connecticut USA Connecticut Afro-American Historical Society 444 Orchard St New Haven CT 06511 Delaware USA Harriet Tubman Historical Society PO Box 146 Wilmington DE 19899 District of Columbia USA AAHGS-James Dent Walker PO Box 34683 Washington DC 20043 Cornelius L. Cooper, President African American Civil War Project 2000-14th Street NW Washington DC 20009 Lyndia Grant, Project Director, (202) 667-2667 or call toll free at 1-888-648-8728. [US Colored Troops--NPS http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/usct.html Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ ] Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History 1407-14th St NW Washington DC 20005-3704 (202) 667-2822 National AAHGS, http://www.erols.com/trirose/aahgs.htm PO Box 73086 Washington DC 20056-3086 (202) 234-5330 Barbara D. Walker, President, BADBDW@aol.com Renee Ingram, Online Contact, ReneeI@aol.com Florida USA AAHGS-Central Florida 722 Mercedes Ave Daytona Beach FL 32114-1623 Mary J. Fears, President Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community 227 East Kennedy Blvd PO Box 2586 Eatonville FL 32751 (407) 647-3307 Florida Black Research Information Coordinating Services, Inc. 614 Howard Ave Tallahassee FL 32304 Ft. Mose Historical Society PO Box 4230 St. Augustine FL 32085 Georgia USA Afro-Americans Communicating and Preserving Legacies PO Box 13607 Atlanta GA 30324-0607 AACPL publishes Intercom. Illinois USA African American Genealogical Research Institute PO Box 637 Matteson IL 60443-6370 (708) 758-5747 Lori Husband, Director, aagri@twne.com Afro-American Genealogical & Historical Society of Chicago, Inc. (AAGHSC, Inc.) PO Box 37-7651 Chicago IL 60637 (312) 987-2112 Saundra Brown, President, SaundraB@email.msn.com AAHGS-Little Egypt IL 703 South Wall St #5 Carbondale IL 62901 Julius E. Thompson, President AAHGS-Chicago, Patricia Liddell Researchers PO Box 438652 Chicago IL 60643 Thelma Strong Eldridge, President Saundra Brown, Past Vice-President of Genealogy and Founder of the PLR NEWS JOURNAL Betty Craft, Online Contact, BCraft1608@aol.com Indiana USA AAHGS-Gary 567 South Vermillion Pl #303 Gary IN 46403 Leslie Green, President Indiana African American Historical & Genealogical Society 502 Clover Terrace Bloomington IN 47404-1809 Indiana Center for African American Studies c/o Northern Indiana Historical Society 510 East Ewing South Bend IN 46613 (219) 235-9664 Indiana National Association for African American Heritage Preservation 830 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. St PO Box 441390 Indianapolis IN (317) 685-2750 Online Contact, NAAAHP@aol.com Kansas USA The Archivists and Archives of Color Roundtable c/o Spencer Research Library University of Kansas Lawrence KN 66045-2800 (913) 864-4274 Kentucky USA Kentucky African American Heritage Commission 3014 Petty Jay Rd Louisville KY 40220 (502) 595-4381 Louisiana USA Amistad Research Center Tulane University New Orleans LA (504) 865-5535 Dr. Clifton Johnson, Director African American History Alliance of Louisiana PO Box 51715 New Orleans LA 70151-1715 Louisiana African-Americans University Station PO Box 16726 Baton Rouge LA 70893 Online Contact, DSpill7012@aol.com Louisiana African-Americans has created many genealogical research forms, designed specifically for slave genealogy; the standard forms do not accommodate the necessary information for slave research. Maryland USA AAHGS-Baltimore (410) 525-2882 Roland N. Mills Louis S. Diggs, Online Contact, lsdiggs@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us AAHGS-Central Maryland PO Box 2774 Columbia MD 21045 Sylvia C. Groce, President AAHGS-Prince George's County PO Box 44722 Ft. Washington MD 20744-9998 Carolyn C. Rowe, President, CRowe86288@aol.com AAHS-Maryland Afro-American Heritage Society of Charles County Highway 925 N Box 316 Waldorf MD 20601 (301) 843-0371 Eastern Shore Historical Association 5731 Mt Holly Rd East New Market MD 21631 (410) 943-3177 Arvel Johnson, President Harriet Tubman Afro-American Genealogical Society 508 Woodbride Cir Cantonsville MD 21228-1126 Angela Walton-Raji, Online Contact, AngelaW859@aol.com Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture Division of Historical & Cultural Programs 84 Franklin St Annapolis MD 21401 (410) 974-2553 William Bakari Johnson, Research Historian Michigan USA The Fred Hart Williams Genealogical Society Burton Historical Collection Detroit Public Library 5201 Woodward Ave Detroit MI 48202 Missippi USA Vicksburg African American Historical Preservation Foundation PO Box 821956 Viscksburg MS 39182 (601) 636-0741 Missouri USA AAHGS-MAGIC 3700 Blue Pkwy Kansas City MO 64130 Joan B. Fletcher, President AAHGS-Landon Cheek PO Box 23804 St. Louis MO 63121-0804 Ivory Spiller, President Margaret Durham, Online Contact, MDurham357@aol.com The Black Archives of Mid-America, Inc. 2033 Vine Kansas City MO 64108 (816) 483-1300 (816) 483-1341 fax Nebraska USA Great Plains Black Museum Library 2213 Lake St. Omaha NE 68110 (402) 345-2212 New Hampshire USA African American Resource Group PO Box 5094 Portsmouth NH 03801 (603) 862-2090 New Jersey USA AAHGS-New Jersey 758 Stirling Dr. East South Orange NJ 07079-2425 Lucius Bowser, President Africana Homestead Legacy Publishers PO Box 2957 Cherry Hill NJ 08034-0265 (609) 662-9858 Online Contact, ahlpub@earthlink.net Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society 1841 Kennedy Blvd Jersey City NJ 07305 New York USA The African-American Genealogy Society of Rochester (TAAGS-R-US) 123 Wisconsin St Rochester, NY 14609 Online Contact, Rici2@aol.com Afro-American Historical Association of the Niagara Frontier, Inc. PO Box 63 Buffalo NY 14207 AAHANF publishes Afro-Americans in New York Life and History twice a year, which contains analytical, historical, and descriptive articles dealing with Afro-Americans in the state of New York; edited by Monroe Fordham at the State University College at Buffalo. AAHGS-Jean Sampson Scott Greater New York PO Box 022340 Brooklyn, NY 11202 Elvin Montgomery, Jr., President Stanton F. Biddle, Online Contact, sfbbb@cunyvm.cuny.edu Buffalo Genealogical Society of the African Diaspora c/o Sonia Walker PO Box 2534 Buffalo NY 14240-2534 Online Contact, bgsad@juno.com Creole-American Genealogical Society, Inc. PO Box 2666 Church Street Station New York NY 10008 Landmarks Western New York African American Committee 400 Wellington Ave. Rochester NY 14619 (716) 328-2181 North Carolina USA AAHGS-Charlotte PO Box 32664 Charlotte NC 28232 Alvin A. Ricks, President Online Contact, SLJARMS1@aol.com The Heritage of Blacks in North Carolina c/o Linda Simmons-Henry P.O. Box 26334 Raleigh, NC 27611 North Carolina Afro-American Heritage Society PO Box 26334 Raleigh NC 27611 North Carolina Afro-American Historical Genealogical Society PO Box 26785 Raleigh NC 27611-6785 Ohio USA Afro-American Cultural and Historical Society Historical Museum 8716 Harkness Rd Cleveland OH 44106 African-American Genealogical Society Cleveland, Ohio P.O. Box 200382 Cleveland, Ohio 44120-9998 Deborah Abbott - President, deborah.abbott@tri-c.cc.oh.us Paulimer Williams - Recording Secretary Janet Bedingfield - Newsletter Editor The group was formed in 1994 and has over 100 members. African American Genealogy Interest Group c/o Franklin County Genealogical Society Columbus OH, http://www.coax.net/people/lwf/aagig.htm National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center PO Box 578 Wilberforce OH 45384 The Underground Railroad Research Center of Southeastern Ohio RT 4 Box 126 (Tunnel), http://www.seorf.ohiou.edu/~xx057/ Marietta OH 45750 (614) 373-3125 Henry Robert Burke, Founding President, http://mcnet.marietta.edu/~burkeh/ Michel Perdreau, Executive Director, mperdrea@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu Oklahoma USA Council of Genealogy Columnists 3607 Arlington Lawton OK 73505-6138 Melvin B. Tolson Black Heritage Center Langston University Langston OK 73050 Pennsylvania USA African American Genealogy Group, http://www.libertynet.org/aagg/ PO Box 1798 Philadelphia PA 19105-1798 (215) 572-6063 (215) 885-7244 fax Charles Dorsey, President John Logan, Online Contact, JTLogan@africamail.com AAHGS-Western Pennsylvania PO Box 5707 Pittsburgh PA 15208 Gladys L. Nesbit, President Historical Society of Pennsylvania 1300 Locust St Philadelphia PA 19107 (215) 732-6201 (215) 732-2680 fax Rhode Island USA Rhode Island Black Heritage Society 46 Aborn St Providence RI 02903 (401) 751-3490 South Carolina USA The Black Family Reunion Institute PO Box 280515 Columbia SC 29228 The Old Slave Mart Museum Miriam B. Wilson Foundation 6 Chalmers St Charleston SC 29401 Tennessee USA African American Heritage Society Museum PO Box 222 Franklin TN 37064 (615) 794-9727 African Genealogical & Historical Society of Tennessee PO Box 17684 Nashville TN 37218 (615) 399-7604 Texas USA African American Genealogical and Historical Society of San Antonio, Texas PO Box 200784 San Antonio TX 78220 Johnnie Davis, President James E. Griffin, Sr., Online Contact, JasGriffin@worldnet.att.net African American Genealogy Network of DGS (Dallas Genealogical Society) PO Box 12648 Dallas TX 75225-0648 Emille Betterson, President Online Contact, janet.williams@why.net AAHGS-Houston PO Box 750877 Houston TX 77215-0877 Eleanor F. Caldwell, President Black Genealogy PO Box 6825 Lubbock TX 79493-6825 Exodus III African American Family History Journal PO Box 43411 Austin TX 78745-0411 Marva Peavy, Founder, marva@bga.com Exodus III is published quarterly. Tarrant County Black History & Genealogical Society 1020 East Humboldt Fort Worth TX 76104 Utah USA Registry of Black American Ancestry PO Box 417 Salt Lake City UT 84110 Virginia USA AAHGS-Hampton Roads PO Box 2448 Newport News VA 23609-2448 Selma Stewart, President, SelinVA@aol.com Online Contact, Debinva@norfolk.infi.net AAHGS-Richmond 7723 Granite Hall Ave Richmond VA 23225 Timothy Wilson, President AAHGS-Tidewater 2200 Crossroad Trl Virginia Beach VA 23456 Esther Lloyd, President Alexandria Black History Resource Center 638 North Alfred St Alexandria VA 22314 Fauquier County Afro-American Historical Association PO Box 268 Midlands VA 22728 Karen White, President The group publishes the Journal of the Fauquier County Afro-American Fauquier County Afro-American Historical Association PO Box 268 Midlands VA 22728 Karen White, President The group publishes the Journal of the Fauquier County Afro-American Historical Association in January. Also, the group has been involved with preserving Fauquier County records, so far reaching back to 1832! Washington USA Black Heritage Society of Washington State, Inc. PO Box 22565 Seattle WA 98122 Wisconsin USA Afro-American Genealogical Society of Milwaukee 5195 N 64th St Milwaukee WI 53218 (414) 463-2350 Julia Saunders, President Online Contact, julias@execpc.com Wisconsin African American Preservation Committee 6302 Mineral Point Rd #311 Madison WI 53705 (608) 274-7790 Wisconsin Black Historical Society 2620 West Center St Milwaukee WI 53206 Clayton Benson, President African-American Genealogy Webring http://www.bigfoot.com/~AfAmgenealogy Lest We Forget http://www.coax.net/people/lwf/
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The African slave trade antedates the European discovery of the Americas. At the time there was also a white slave trade in many European countries (slaves who were white European christians, not protitution). Undoubtably there was some trade in Africans to the New World before the formal trade got going. The first blacks brought to Virginia, as a speculation by a shipmaster, were sold at endenturement, for the standard seven years. One of them was later a slave owner... The terminus post quem for slaves in the present day US would be the first settlement. In the Latin American regions, 1492. That's for the possbility of individually owned slaves. The formal trade took a bit longer to get going. Native americans were also enslaved in various places at various times. Not, actually, in the south. Some Native Americans in the south owned black slaves, and lacked the lilywhite reluctance to free and marry a woman they'd gotten a child on. Also they often freed slaves who were then considered members of the tribe and often married into it. Fugitive slaves often sought refuge with the Native Americans, and some married into the tribes. And after the end of slavery, some blacks married into some tribes. The attitude on that varied, with different tribes, from total welcome to declaring the NA partner dead to the tribe. Remember that Native Americans varied (and still vary) as much in attitudes as European nations. And it's surprising how many Old Southern families have turned out to carry the sickle cell recessive. It's amazing how genes will slop around no matter what you try to do. Will -- Dr. William L. Pratt, Curator of Invertebrates Marjorie Barrick Museum of Natural History University of Nevada, Las Vegas Box 454009 Las Vegas, NV 89154-4009 (702)895-1403, fax (702)895-3094 e-mail prattw@nevada.edu ------------------------------ ------------------------------
My great-aunt, Minnie Willhoite, was a missionary who died in Liberia, Africa in 1902. She was 27 years old. Her parents were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Madison, IN. Question: where would I find her death certificate? Where would I find records of her missionary service? Thanks. Bonney Bielen bjbielen@stthomas.edu ------------------------------
The following sites were sent to me in the last day or so, IT IS NOTED THAT SOME OF THE SITES or/and clip art are not free; http://www.wwwebit.com/geneclip/genecat.htm http://www.n-vision.com/panda/c/ http://www.acy.digex.net/~informart/clipart/ http://www.toltbbs.com/~jhudson/clipart.htm http://www4.clever.net/graphics/clip_art/clipart.html http://www.pdimages.com/ http://www.acy.digex.net/~omfomart/clipart/webresrc.html http://www.wolsi.com/~ldsbc/comp_lds.html http://www.wwwebit.com/bayberry again these are addresses sent to me, have not checked them out yet, good luck.... Joe Taylor Calreb1@aol.com ------------------------------ ------------------------------
Clip Art Club http://www.wwwebit.com/geneclip Pat Graham has a collection of genealogy clip art here also, located at http://www.wwwebit.com/geneclip/genecat.htm. Some are free, but most are for sale. Check back to see what additions are available. Clip Art http://www.n-vision.com/panda/c/ http://www.acy.digex.net/~infomart/clipart/ http://www.toltbbs.com/~jhudson/clipart.htm http://www4.clever.net/graphics/clip_art/clipart.html Eunice B. Kirkman ekirkman@swva.net /\^/\^/\%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%/\^/\^/\ The Blue Ridge Mountains of SouthWest Virginia ------------------------------